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I-Authorised Capital 26,000,000,
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THE WAR.
TO-DAY'S
TELEGRAMS
f Reuter's Service to the Chino Mail..
THE WESTERN FRONT:
SUCCESSFUL BRITISH RAIDS.
TONDON, May 22. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:-
Wo repulsed a second attempt at áruid on our positions south-eastward of Masnil.
THE AIR-RAID ON, LONDON.
Losnos, May 2
The Press Bureau, states:-- The casualties in Sunday's'nirid in all districts are now ascertained to be
Killed 44; injured: 170. - "AIR-RAID
ALARM IN PARIS.
PARIS, May 23. An airgid alarm was given fast,
at coe
We successfully ́mided the neigh- hourhood of Hebuterae, indicting heavy casualties and taking prisoners,
ACTIVITY ON FRENCH FRONT.evening and the all clear
o'clock this morning.
ENEMY'S NEW GIANT GOTHA-
Losnos, May 22, A Franch on muniqué states: There was somewhat violent urtil- ry firing at night-time in the regions of Hailles, Srecnt Wood, Rouvray and Pleurat.,
There is great patrol, and recon- missance activity on the entire Ailette front.
BOMBING PLANE
EMPLOYED IN NIGHT RAIDS ON ENGLAND.
LONDON, May 02 Reuter's Correspondent at French Headquarters, telegraphing to-day,
GREAT ARTILLERY AND AERIAL gives the following particulars of the giant Gotha borbing plane, which the Germans, employed in the intest
ACTIVITY.
SHELLS.
ENORMOUS CONSUMPTION OF night raids on France and England: It has a wing-spread of forty metres, and is driven by three motors, each PARIS, May 22.800 L.p. It accommodates nine Artillery and aerial activity as passengers, but on maids the crew sumed great intensity on the British number five or six in order to carry. Front. One hundred and fifty thou-more bombs and petrol. -
sund 75-millimetre, shells are used
It carries about two tons of bombe,
up daily by three Army Corps in including one of about a tor weight
certain sector
containing about kilos of expl sive.
It is presumed that the German Fattack will come from the north of
Owing to the dimeulty of landing the Sone
at night by machines of such siza it The Australians are greatly haras-is probable that there will be a high sing the enemy with a series of minor proportion of leases through scoí- offensives.
No lower than 19 German briga- diers were killed in this sector since March 21st.
GERMAN DIVISIONS TRAINED FOR FRESH EFFORT.
FRENCH SUCCESS AT, LOCRE PERTURBS ENEMY.
LONDON, May 22.
dents.
SENSELESS MURDER OF WOMEN-
AND CHILDREN."
SALUTARY EFFECT OF AIR- RAIDS ON GERMANÝ.
AMSTERDAM, May 23 The Folk Zeitung states that u member of the Reichstag, Herr Keickhoff, questioned the Chancellor
Beuter's Correspondent at British as regards better protection against" Headquarters, telegraphing to-day, ar-raids. He alleged that timely warning was not given at Cologne Chancellor.
Much counter-battery work against recently and asked if tho large concentrations of German guns we prepared to cad this senseless was carried out, during the fine spell, murder of women and children- also the bombing of ammunition International treaties.
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The French success at Locre AUSTRIAN EMPEROR AND EMPRESS
·AT CONSTANTINOPLE: manifestly perturbed the Germun Higli Command considerably, judging
"RECEPTION AT THE PALACE. by a wireless report, in their effort
IN THEIR HONOUR. to minimise it:
Fur behind the Front, the Ger
AMSTERDAM," May 22, nians are continuing to train their The Austrian Emperor and En Divisions for a fresh effort. Rather press were ceremoniously welcomed more than, 150 Divisions have been by the Sultan, ex-Khedive Shaik- employed in the German offensive ful-Islam, and a crowd of notables so far, of which nearly half have been at Constantinople on May 18th. in buttle once, over one-third twice, They drove to the Yildiz Palace, well over score three tunes, and one where a reception was held. Division, four times.
AMERICANS DISTINGUISH
THEMBELYEL
PATROL FIGHTS AT LUNE. VILLE AND TOUL.
LONDON, May 22 Henter's Correspondent at Amer- tan Headquarters says
The American patrols in the one- ville sector and the sector north-west of Toul ware engaged in three fights during the past Alipur,
The Americans at Laineville rushed For enemy patrol, which took refuge
in a trench, taking prisoners,
Later the Germans retaliated, but were forced to withdraw÷ so quickly. tint, they had ng time to take
THE IRISH ARRESTS.
PUBLICATION OF EVIDENCE OF CONSPIRACY EEQUESTED.
LONDON, May 22
The Daily Chronicle reiterates the desirability of a public trial of the Trial who were arrested the im mediate publigation of the evidence of conspiracy
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